Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
In Context
8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Numbers 16:22Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
Job 4:19How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
Job 20:11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
Job 34:15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
Psalms 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4… Read the whole commentary →